Building of the waystones happened within living memory.
Of dragons and dragon ogres... now we just need to find one of those to help out.
Warhammer Fantasy: Divided Loyalties - an Advisor's Quest
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Of dragons and dragon ogres... now we just need to find one of those to help out.
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So I'm going through a bunch of spellbooks for Boney and recording their effects, and I came across something that made me chuckle. There is this Necromancy spell called Blight, and it's effects are:
"You suck the life out of an area up to one square mile. Plants wither, animals sicken, water becomes poison, and soil turns to dust and ash. Animals instinctively avoid this land, and it will gain a reputation for being haunted. Dhar pools here, allowing its users to add an extra die to their Casting Rolls. No crops can be grown unless the ground is first sanctified by a Jade magister with the cure blight spell, which reverses all the effects."
We have this trait:
"You suck the life out of an area up to one square mile. Plants wither, animals sicken, water becomes poison, and soil turns to dust and ash. Animals instinctively avoid this land, and it will gain a reputation for being haunted. Dhar pools here, allowing its users to add an extra die to their Casting Rolls. No crops can be grown unless the ground is first sanctified by a Jade magister with the cure blight spell, which reverses all the effects."
We have this trait:
And Panoramia has always had this spell:
What a power couple. One can cause Blight, the other can cure it.
This post made me break out in a cold sweat. Thank Ranald it's gnot quest canon.
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I find it deliciously ironic that the human author who wrote an excerpt of a book complaining about humans getting history wrong themselves got the history wrong.
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I don't think anybody posted this in the thread before, but there is official art of Marrisith out there from Cubicle 7. If you were ever curious over what she might look like:
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Her eyes are creepy, she looks more like Mab the Queen of Air and Darkness than how I imagine Marrisith.I don't think anybody posted this in the thread before, but there is official art of Marrisith out there from Cubicle 7. If you were ever curious over what she might look like:
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Her eyes are somewhat unsettling yes, but if you focus you can see that she does have pupils, which is more than I can say for the Asrai:
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Aren't Elves supposed to look attractive to humans? But yeah, if I met someone like that in the middle of the woods I'd run away screaming.Her eyes are somewhat unsettling yes, but if you focus you can see that she does have pupils, which is more than I can say for the Asrai:
I like it because it's not just a human with pointy ears. It's a clearly non-human design.
Also, where do you find those pictures?🙂
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In Marrisith's case, she has a (relatively) sparse wiki page. I downloaded the image and posted it on Imgur for better quality, but I'm sure that if I had gone to the Blogspot linked at the bottom and searched I could have found it there as well. The Kerillian image was just from Google Image search for Kerillian specifically. Not many examples of Wood Elves mucking about.
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Full black eyes aren't an Asrai thing, they're an elf thing. Not all elves have black eyes, but some do, similar to how some but not all humans have blue eyes.Her eyes are somewhat unsettling yes, but if you focus you can see that she does have pupils, which is more than I can say for the Asrai:
I like it because it's not just a human with pointy ears. It's a clearly non-human design.
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So I'm skimming through Archives of the Empire WFRP 4E because it contains some lore that isn't touched on in earlier Editions, and I came across something interesting relating to something that was discussed in the story recently:
"From Tor Lithanel's highest towers, a majestic waterfall of shimmering colours is visible. Great obelisks once stood on either side of the falls, but collapsed in an earthquake and fell across the waterfall's crest. The magically infused waters of the River Demst refract into the eight colours of magic as they cascade over the jumble of broken waystones.
The Eonir use the released magic for rituals. Priests of Vaul, the God of Smiths, gather Chamon and weakened Aqshy for coldforging metal. Over time, the thundering waters have deafened the already-blind priests that work tirelessly in the damp tunnels behind the falls. Powerful spirits can be encountered near this sacred site, including Viydagg, the primeval maiden, and Capa, the otter, patron of the naiads."
The book focuses more on the mystical aspects of the thing, but Boney expands on this by getting into the political nature of the Vaul Priesthood. Also, the book says something about Chamon and Aqshy being their favored winds for forging, which makes perfect sense.
This is the description of the Eonir's Priests of Vaul, and I thought this was original lore. Turns out, it's expanded lore from this snippet acquired from Page 82 of Archives of the Empire:
"From Tor Lithanel's highest towers, a majestic waterfall of shimmering colours is visible. Great obelisks once stood on either side of the falls, but collapsed in an earthquake and fell across the waterfall's crest. The magically infused waters of the River Demst refract into the eight colours of magic as they cascade over the jumble of broken waystones.
The Eonir use the released magic for rituals. Priests of Vaul, the God of Smiths, gather Chamon and weakened Aqshy for coldforging metal. Over time, the thundering waters have deafened the already-blind priests that work tirelessly in the damp tunnels behind the falls. Powerful spirits can be encountered near this sacred site, including Viydagg, the primeval maiden, and Capa, the otter, patron of the naiads."
The book focuses more on the mystical aspects of the thing, but Boney expands on this by getting into the political nature of the Vaul Priesthood. Also, the book says something about Chamon and Aqshy being their favored winds for forging, which makes perfect sense.
Even if Max could learn smithing from the Priests of Vaul, which is highly unlikely, he would have still had to find his own way of doing it. Being the weirdo he is, that's not stopping him whatsoever.
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I'm pretty sure in most versions of canon, while warhammer elves do have features that are generally considered to be attractive like high cheekbones, as well as all basically lack the sort of imperfections that are often considered to add to unattractiveness, the whole package is supposed to be put together such that elves DO (in most versions) look kinda weird and alien instead of attractive to humans.
In Warhammer they are pretty, but unworldly.
And their mannerisms and movements are a bit unsettling if your not used to them.
morathi and the everqueen and some other elf's are universally pretty, but weather that natural or supernatural is left unsaid.
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Also a neat little tidbit from the book that makes me happy because it makes me feel as if I portrayed Kaia Stormwitch properly. Apparently, while she conducts diplomatic negotiations with Norscans and Druchii because she prefers peace when necessary, she meets raiding parties into her lands with force. She's not a pacifist or anything, she just prefers peace when she has the choice.
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If she was a pacifist, she would probably have died centuries ago.
Given Morathi's vanity I am almost sure her beauty is a mark of the favor of Slaanesh. As for the Everquen I suspect that is more the fact that she is a living avatar of her god and also a walking talking beacon of purity.
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Morathi was explicitly Slaaneshi in 6th Edition, but 7th and 8th are far more coy and make it vague whether it's Hekarti and Atharti or perhaps Slaanesh that she is truly dedicated to. Where Morathi's allegiance lies is probably something that Boney would determine and not a guarantee one way or the other unless we somehow get the chance to find out, which is unlikely. Something has gone seriously awry if we end up facing Morathi in Elfcation.
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Could we take her? I don't think so. I doubt we could take many named character at the height of their power.
The thing is we know she binds daemons of chaos even in the most recent lore. Assuming she does not owe her soul to the Dark Prince he would try to tempt her away, because that it what the Tempter does. I do not think she would have to be Favored in the sense that a random chaos champion is. Morathi is a far more valuable piece than that.
I think we could take her with really good rolls, or rather with bad rolls on her part and good on ours. Kragg quality equipment covers a multitude of sins.
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No we can't take her. She's one of the strongest spellcasters in the setting.
This is the perspetive of a High Elf historian on the topic, from Tome of Corruption Page 160, and a reminder that 2nd Edition WFRP was made around 6th Edition:
"Many might consider the Dark Elves in the same vein as the Chaos Dwarfs—an offshoot race that evolved from some singular exposure to Chaos. This is wrong. The Dark Elves, unlike the Kurgan and Norsemen who kneel before the Dark Gods or the Chaos Dwarfs who envision the Ruinous Powers in the form of the Father of Darkness, are not slaves to Chaos, rather, they see it as a tool to further their own interest. In the northern reaches of their lands, they constructed a series of black towers to look out upon the Chaos Wastes and beyond. From these watchtowers, Sorcerers stare into magical orbs offering windows into the Realm of Chaos, hoping to catch sight of the future or some past event to give them an edge in their nearly perpetual war with Ulthuan. They have fought off their own incursions, repelling the hordes of Hung that spill into their lands, and have survived, growing stronger each time. Despite their bold claims as a people who have mastered Chaos, the touch of the Dark Gods is evident in their customs and practices." —Cadfenelle Tallbeam, High Elf Historian
Yes she's most likely affected by the Dark Gods, but there is no reason to believe that she has Slaanesh's favor. Despite Slaanesh's guise as a Tempter, he's incredibly impatient and childish. He throws tantrums when he's mad and tortures his servants when they try to cheer him up. Loec has tricked him several times before. There is no reason to believe that he has somehow won over Morathi just because he would have attempted it. It's up to Boney in the end, but there is no guarantee she's fallen to Slaanesh.
Also, the roll argument is silly to me. Yes, if we kept rolling high and the enemy kept rolling low we would likely steam roll most people. If we're going by probability, Morathi has 80-90% chance of destroyig Mathilde. Let's not gas Mathilde up. She almost died to an Age of Three Emperors Necrarch and an Exalted Champion of Khorne. Morathi eats entire tribes of Hung Marauders with Chaos Lords attached for breakfast.
Turning that around we have a 10-20% chance of wining against Morathi, which for a being a fraction of her age and power is incredibly impressive. We would need to get lucky to kill Morathi, so would most heroes and lords in the setting. Getting to the point where you even get a roll and not just 'you die now' is a hell of a milestone for someone not yet half a century old.
I'm gonna try to field the question despite imbibing the spirit of the season, if my answer doesn't satisfy, ask again and my future self will try again. Hekarti is like the Winds, if you handle her well she might give you everything you want, if you don't, or if she's just in a bad mood, she'll ruin you. The adorations written in her honour owes more to fear than love, but there's still love. In good times, her worshipers are Freddy Mercury singing Don't Stop Me Now. In bad, it's more Master of Puppets. In general, Ain't No Rest For The Wicked. But the common theme is that they sing, and they sing for her. Whether it's praise or blame, joy or despair, they all sing for her.
Mathilde has sung. Cython has sung. The common link between Malekith and Ariel, Nagash and Volans, Mazdamundi and Noctilus - they all know her song.
Merry whichever holidays you may or may not celebrate, thread.
Mathilde has sung. Cython has sung. The common link between Malekith and Ariel, Nagash and Volans, Mazdamundi and Noctilus - they all know her song.
Merry whichever holidays you may or may not celebrate, thread.
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Happy holidays. Have a good one, you deserve it.
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It's not the only source that does it. Stone and Steel in 1st edition RP also has the Dwarf calendar the same.
Stone and Steel has a full timeline, and most events actually take place in the same ballpark IC-wise, but it has the official founding of the Karaz Ankor with its capital at Karaz-a-karak at -3000 IC.